Synopsis
Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using argon and diode lasers, submacular and macular translocation surgery, photodynamic therapy, radiation, feeder vessel treatment, thermotherapy, and antiangiogenesis drugs. Includes 160 color illustrations.
Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using argon and diode lasers, submacular and macular translocation surgery, photodynamic therapy, radiation, feeder vessel treatment, thermotherapy, and antiangiogenesis drugs.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration examines
• newly developed treatments for CNV
• immune mechanisms of AMD
• histopathology of various stages of AMD
• epidemiology and risk factors for AMD, CNV, and geographic atrophy
• genetics of AMD
• risk reduction modalities
• ICG and OCT imaging
• clinical trials and research protocols
• quality of life assessments and the psychosocial aspects of AMD
• potential applications of a retinal prosthesis
• retinal pigment epithelium transplantation
With 1425 references, Age-Related Macular Degeneration will benefit clinical ophthalmologists, pathologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists; optometrists; cell and molecular biologists and biochemists; retinal specialists; AMD researchers; and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
Booknews
Twenty-seven contributed chapters review the current state of knowledge of the most common cause of blindness in adults. They discuss eye pathophysiology and immunology; ancillary diagnostic tests; current medical, surgical, and experimental therapies; psychosocial, clinical, and genetic considerations for visual rehabilitation; and clinical trial research designs incorporating quality-of-life assessments. Editor Lim (ophthalmology, U. of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles) discusses clinical features of the exudative (as vs. nonexudative) type. In the coverage of risk factors, reference is made to research suggesting that luteins in certain fruits and vegetables may be protective against ocular antioxidant damage. Color plates show AMD indicators and stages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR